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Meethe pude
Jaggery fennel pancakes
ਮਿੱਠੇ ਪੂੜੇ: Punjabi jaggery-fennel pancakes for Teeyan in the monsoon
IndianTeeyan, Punjab's monsoon festival of Teej, is when married daughters visit their parents, girls swing from neem trees and dance giddha, and the food that comes out on rainy afternoons is kheer with meethe pude: thin wheat-flour pancakes sweetened with jaggery and fennel, shallow-fried in ghee until lacy at the edges. They are soft in the middle and crisp round the rim. Common mistake: a thick batter, which gives heavy, doughy pude; it should pour like single cream, and each pancake is ready to flip when the edges brown and lift from the pan. Chef's tip: rest the batter for 20 minutes so the flour hydrates; the pude spread thinner and crisp better.
- Total time
- 50 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 4
Ingredients
For the batter
- 3 ½ oz jaggerygrated
- 1 ¼ cups warm water
- 5 ½ oz whole-wheat flour (atta)
- 1 tsp fennel seedslightly crushed
- ¼ tsp ground green cardamom
To cook and serve
- 4 tbsp ghee
- 1 ¾ cups rice kheer (optional)chilled
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Method
0/5 doneStep 1: Stir 3 ½ oz jaggery into 1 ¼ cups warm water until dissolved, then strain to remove grit.
5 minStep 2: Whisk 5 ½ oz whole-wheat flour (atta) into the jaggery water a little at a time to a smooth, pourable batter like single cream. Stir in 1 tsp fennel seeds and ¼ tsp ground green cardamom and rest for 20 minutes.
20 minStep 4: Drizzle a little more ghee round the edge and cook for 2 minutes until the base is browned and the edges lift and go lacy. Flip and cook 1 minute more.
3 minStep 5: Repeat with the rest of the batter, wiping the pan if the jaggery starts to catch. Serve warm with 1 ¾ cups rice kheer.
20 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 330 kcal
- Protein
- 5 g
- Carbs
- 50 g
- Fat
- 13 g
- Fibre
- 4 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does meethe pude take?
- About 50 minutes in total: 25 minutes to prepare and 25 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 4 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- What can I use instead of jaggery?
- Dark brown or muscovado sugar, same amount.
- What can I use instead of fennel seeds?
- Aniseeds, same amount (a stronger liquorice taste).
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